Separation anxiety disorder

separation anxiety disorder

class of disease

Subclass of	anxiety disorder, emotional and behavioral disorders, disease
Health specialty	psychiatry, clinical psychology
NCI Thesaurus ID	C35014

Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD) be an anxiety disorder insyd wich an individual dey experience excessive anxiety wey dey regard separation from home den/anaa from people to whom de individual get a strong emotional attachment (e.g., a parent, caregiver, significant other, anaa siblings). Separation anxiety be a natural part of de developmental process. E be most common insyd infants den little kiddies, typically between de ages of six months to three years, although e pathologically fi manifest einself insyd older kiddies, adolescents den adults. Unlike SAD (dem indicate by excessive anxiety), normal separation anxiety dey indicate healthy advancements insyd a kiddie ein cognitive maturation wey e for no be considered a developing behavioral problem.

According to de American Psychiatric Association (APA), Separation Anxiety Disorder be an excessive display of fear den distress wen faced plus situations of separation from de home den/anaa from a specific attachment figure. De anxiety wey dem express be categorized as e be atypical of de expected developmental level den age. De severity of de symptoms dey range from anticipatory uneasiness to full-blown anxiety about separation.

SAD fi cause significant negative effects within areas of social den emotional functioning, family life, den physical health of de disordered individual. De duration of dis problem for persist for at least four weeks wey e for present einself before a kiddie be eighteen years of age to be diagnosed as SAD insyd kiddies, buh now fi be diagnosed insyd adults plus a duration typically wey dey last six months insyd adults as dem specify by de DSM-5.